ID-based self-encryption via Hyperledger Fabric based smart contractJuly 4th, 2022
FiledJuly 4th, 2022Abstract. This paper offers a prototype of a Hyperledger Fabric-IPFS based network architecture including a smart contract based encryption scheme that meant to improve the security of user’s data that is being up- loaded to the distributed ledger. A new extension to the self-encryption scheme was deployed by integrating data owner’s identity into the en- cryption process. Such integration allows to permanently preserve own- ership of the original file and link it to the person/entity who originally uploaded it. Moreover, self-encryption provides strong security guaran- tees that decryption of a file is computationally not feasible under the condition that the encrypted file and the key are safely stored.